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January 11, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marcus Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING ON ROLL OF BELT PUTTING IT ON MANTRIP AND STRAINED HIS BACK

December 5, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marcus Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROCK IN ROAD S. C. HIT ROCK IN ROAD AND THREW OPER.INTO CANOPY CAUSING NECK AND BACK SPRAIN.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marcus Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CANAL STRUCK ROOF BOLT AND BROKE OFF AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR.

February 16, 1988 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marcus Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING OXYGEN TANK TO #2 BELT HEAD SLIPPED AND HURT LEG.

August 26, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marcus Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED BACK AND HIP.

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